Self-Hosting

You don’t need a Mac Mini to run OpenClaw Every blog post, every YouTube video, every Reddit thread about OpenClaw says the same thing: “just get a Mac Mini.” And I get it. The Mac Mini is compact, quiet, and runs macOS. But when I priced out the 24GB M4 config at $999 and realized I could never upgrade the soldered RAM, I started looking at what else is out there. ...

I was reading this excellent article about the Mini PC revolution when something clicked. The author was right - mini PCs have quietly revolutionized self-hosting. Not in a flashy, headline-grabbing way, but in the practical, “oh, this actually works” way that real change happens. A modern mini PC like the Beelink SER8 - capable of handling enterprise workloads in a tiny form factor ...